Our Microbiome Science team uses omics and synthetic biology to investigate the functional architecture of communal organisms. Their work opens avenues for bioengineered advances in drug discovery, personalized medicine, and renewable fuels. It also increases our knowledge of chemical-microbiome interactions and the ecosystem-scale role of microbial communities.

Our researchers focus on where microbiomes play a role in key biosystems; on ecosystem function and sustainability; on chemical and other environmental exposures; on the interplay of proteins, lipids, and metabolites within microbiomes; and on predictive behaviors on both human and ecological scales.

Team

Janet Jansson is Chief Scientist for Biology in the Biological Sciences Division and a laboratory fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Currently Dr. Jansson is the lead for the Microbiome in Transition initiative and the...